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SHOE Poe GRAIN DRILLe.4

No. 411,141. Patented Sept. 17, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. FQWLE,OF DOWAGIAC, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE DOWAGIAC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOE FOR CRAlN-DRILLS.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,141, dated September 17, 1889.

Application I'led August 22, 1888. Serial No. 283,502. (No model.)

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The object of this invention is to construct a drill-shoe which will deliver the grain below the surface of the soil horizontally rearward into the furrow made by said shoe.

Other objects will appear set forth in the following description.

In the drawings forming a part of this speci- A Iication, Figure l is a side elevation, parts being broken away; and Fig. 2 is an elevation looking from a point at the left of Fig. 1.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, the hole E through the shoe A terminates through the rear below the surface-line oc of the ground at E. Thus the grain is delivered horizontally into the furrow immediately in the rear of said shoe before the dirt can fall into the furrow. The mouth E of the hole may all be below the surface of the ground or just that part through which the grain flows.

The shoe has the ordinary lugs F, for attaching lifting-chains to in the ordinary manner.

The base of the shoe which makes the furrow is faced on each side with steel plates B, converging toward the lower side, thus being V-shaped in cross-section or when looking against the end, as in Fig. 2. A wedge-shaped bar D is welded in between the plates B, and the mouth E of the hole E comes to the top of the wedge. If it were not for the wedgeshaped bar D, the plates B would touch each other and be welded for some little distance up from the lower side, thus making this part of the shoe narrower, which would not be desirable for the reason that the furrow would be of insufficient width below the discharge E to allow the grain to fall freely to the bottom of the furrow. Then by employing the barD the device is strong and light, and comparatively light-weight steel can be used for the plates. These plates B are attached to the shoe by rivets G G G, or by other suitable means.

The upper part of the shoe is frequently v called the hopper, and the lower part, that forms the furrow, is called the shoe; but for convenience I have termed the whole device a drill-shoe.

The draw-bar C is shown broken; but as it is well understood how drill-shoes are attached to the wheeled frame of a drill no particulars are here given.

Having thus described the invention', what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A drill-shoe having the side plates converging at the base and a wedge-shaped bar attached between the plates at said base, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I Ahave hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witn esses. y

CHARLES L. FOVVLE.

Witnesses:

BENI. ROE, WILLIAM TUTTLE. 

